Gretchen Wilson is joining a national public service campaign run by the Advertising Council and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The series of ads promote the GED diploma among people who did not complete high school and are now in their mid to late 20s.
Wilson will appear in ads, which stress the benefits of obtaining a GED diploma, including better career prospects and confidence for those who get them.
“People need the right tools to succeed, and, at the very minimum, a major tool on the road to success is a high school diploma or GED,” Wilson said. “This campaign will go a long way toward educating people on how to take that first step to make a difference in their lives and the lives of their families, and I’m honored to be a part of it.”
The singer dropped out of school in the eighth grade and received her GED twenty years later at 34 and has since promoted adult literacy. She has also campaigned for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and for national obesity education.
